Team Bonding activities that do not involve sitting on nails

[ColinJ]

Where I worked about 15 years ago, it had been decided that we would do some team 'bonding'. I was muttering about how boring the suggestions were and got landed with the task of coming up with something better!

I booked a large house for a weekend near Keswick in the Lake District. A group of us drove up there after work on the Friday. We had a curry and a p*ss-up on the Friday evening. On Saturday, I guided us on a mountain bike ride round Derwent Water with a couple of offroad climbs tacked on. A couple of our better cooks made us a nice meal that evening, followed by more beer and frivolity. On the Sunday morning, half of the 'team' headed for home while the rest of us walked up to the summit of Skiddaw to enjoy stunning Lake District vistas which were absolutely ...





... 100% obscured by the thick mist that enveloped us!

Still, it was a fun weekend.

 

[Archie_tect]

Laser Quest... less violent than paint balling but you get just as freaked out with the stress of being stalked... no nail breakage likely.

 

[Archie_tect]

[QUOTE 356437, member: 1314"]I'm not a banker.

I actually work in the Private Sector for a not for profit Company! [/quote]
Always amused [in an ironic way] about how much money companies waste every year on unreasonably high executive salaries, company cars and executive perks, in order to not make a profit... [sorry CoG... no reflection on yours, it's just a thing I get wound up about, the amount that some HMG grant funded ALMOs and NFPs waste]

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Go on a 3 day bender

 

[User169]

[QUOTE 2413916, member: 259"]Best teambuilding day I've ever been on involved a coach trip to several Pajottenland breweries [/quote]

Which ones, mort?

 

[Tim Hall]

Geocahcing.

 

[tadpole]

off road Land rover driving, in Wales and a night walk/hike to a quaint pub. (The team building aspect was lost as despite doing the whole team building lark twice it didn't stop people unconsciously splitting up into groups purely along class/management lines)

 

[Fnaar]

Put everyone naked into a dark room.

 

[User169]

[QUOTE 2414158, member: 259"]It was the Tour de Geuze in 2009 I think. I don't remember much beyond the Drie Fonteinen![/quote]

Wowzers - i'd love to do that! I got an e-mail about the 2013version a couple of days ago - it's this coming Sunday!

 

[sheddy]

Cycle to the river or lake, go canadian canoeing to the pub, lunch and then home